The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-07-24
In A FREE HOT VAPOR BATH.
ALL TIE TOWN STEAMING And SWEAT
TING AND UNHAPPY.
Two Per Cent. More Humidity. asd Rain
May Begin to Fall Inside tho Houses ms
We'll ms Out-ide-It IL Alleged that Cignrs
Went Stay Lighted at Oh and Now It's Ds.

We'll n. Out.ide-It 4. Altered that Cigars
Went Stay Lighted at OIL and Now It's 's.
For people who were obliged 10 travel
about tho streets Yesterday was the most I'M
comfortable day OF tho month This was not
due SO much to the rain that fell in torrents at
intervals, as to other causes. Good umbrellas
and rubber suits, not to mention carriages
man from the rain. and. II the other conditions
rain storm In summer usually increases
comfort OF either the
80 ~, WOO Nv so NJ ~. ..,m e., thair araoos
or the exposed. Men SAT sun IN lle,r o,llees
NV tbrougb onen doors and windows. and in
III. ~ ',i,s t,,s,JnS, s,,f,orod fro,,, und,a
ts0f0ds ior Consolation cigar was
hsa,eu ~ was pret.s su,' ~, w 'ose a.s no WV,
pipes were worse.
for they found she
the cars were wet, and the ventilation was
ereorable. The ca, windows could nc, not be be
opened because OF tnE ra H. aiit t tne ~
mosPhere became iiaf c,owi Ge az hath Was
only temporary.
And yet the heat OF Wneh eyS as sHm
n spite Of Gs the discomfort Of the Occasion
watch people as they stopped R Rehiore aher
at the n and finally
walk away with the expression Of one wh9 INA, mas
failed to comprehend some sno'ef1. me sr .e
opf Sfia.nte was us onS 7 O'Clock n the morn
ing and 74' Mt I. M although az SONG n3 QUE
between those two 1t got up 40 de9 n sas
higher.
Tho whole trouble was that the ar r Vas r eH
often the aaturation q the air Is much lower
thouEn " when there is rain it Is due to the ex-
cessive saturation OF Q strata OF air up above
and fall OF Temperature az Inc sa me sntra
ton The ar %E %a ing that the
persture the air had oil the moisture IN N Il that
cent. II the air In the streets were thus iuily
saturated. the slightest Iali OF tempeIaIur9
Snd rain %eSld b oPmsd Fight peope
on the streets. -.,., A.. .,.-o,
All Sth ahs Was
went to the signal service ofilceEs to nnd out
IT. hsy sheps had days
even in the last two summers when the condd-
tons for promoting misery were 90 favorable.
s spy ssss ' fns Sry 1883
the conoltlons ulu nov laSI iSnk; Dlt cpnlnf
oboye BAD for beth s9 y 81
month the humidity was 70 percent; the q, fourth
It was IS. the fifth ssS, and the sixth Si:I or a
tribe worse than 1t was . rrnsnn as 5hs
The humidity decreased tnen Tor seSerai GAYS Avs,
anu was iai. un ~ . Ie 1na tho nin"
teenth 7s.3, the twentieth, Wednesday, it WAS
72.3. Then 1t got at high tide in earnest by
registering ola on Th''-sday Friday, was
yesterday yes morning It got back to its old noteh
of9l. - .,.,,
the Vain vain hope that things had reached 90 bad
point that a change for the better must be i'm
ben sbe hsy nSI ws maae s
O'Clock 1t was found to register W per cent,
and there remained at 70 oo0ok Two per
fan inside the room; Aba. ,o,,,0 would ,o
When it Is
thermometer at 7s' and the humidity at 9lo,,a
sroe Of mss9s Which people WITH the
humidity at 9s'. When the barometer rises
showing that the strata Of air above the earth
im INN sIH Contact viii It. From oslosf in
the afternoon until 10 at night 6S-10O OF an
inch foil here, ana the LotAl 1nil LOT twenty,
four hours ending at 10 was one inch and
seven-tenths. or quite enough to make HOODS
at seasons Of the year when the ground could
not absorb It.
The thermometer ranged from 68' to 1872
throughout the East Yesterday. There Was
high barometer In the interior. condition
that may reach New York to-day. Ii 1t does 1t
will bring along cooler weather.
THuNpERBoLTs AND RAIN,
A., ,,.oj,rotI,, s,,Itr, ni,ht ,yos so,,ou,od
An lntoleraDiy Suitty nienU was noroWeu
IN paterson Yesterday py an SppresssgiYg morn
1ng with consiHerape ram. low plach cionu
came up IN the O., afternoon h ABOUT IL 8et9s55'
There was prodiElous ainiatll,Mecohp panied
Dy pilnuin3 lghthihe anu oeaienlhs tnunuef;
that continued. with sllsht !nteriqisslon' until
O'Clock. whiie tne RAIN GonLinsea uhtli alteI
q; In ton minutes an men OF ram ieil. ana
there was total ralntaii curing tne AFTERNOON ,p
oil three Inches ana a ha,I as reslstersu oy the
gauge az the Vlty haii, Whioh II cared i3r ana
noted by the signal Service bureau. During
the height 81 the storm lightnlnG struek ths
fre alarm bei,s anu rang thein, uG, GENE
Green's out OF tho District MeSsenger service
and utterly paralyzeu th9 tGieph0he business.
Balls OF lightning dashed along inc telephone
wires. accompanies pX peSuiItar craeXlng
and snappinG nsise Many OF the telephone
ipstrumonts were SO p y 1 out as TO DC pLac-
ticaily DESTROYED. ana ~ VIII tnke several days
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